Chapter 22 Returning to Beijing and Entering the Palace
On the official road leading to Shanhaiguan outside the pass, a team of Jinyiwei Tiqi, Dongchang Fanzi and Jingying soldiers were walking towards Shanhaiguan.
Zhang Yong, who had changed into a flying fish suit, a wingless black gauze hat, and an embroidered spring sword hanging around his waist, rode a horse and was in parallel with Xu Xianchun. His current identity is neither a father-in-law nor a Dongchang man. Even a temporary worker in the Jinyiwei (Jun Yu) was not considered a temporary worker in the Jinyiwei. It is of course illegal to wear this flying fish suit, but Xu Xianchun was covering him. On the way, he talked with Eunuch Cao. It should be no problem to enter the palace. Even if he couldn't enter the palace, he could at least become a Dongchang man.
"Eunuch Cao, do you know a father-in-law named Li Jinzhong?" Zhang Yong asked Cao Huachun in front.
Cao Huachun turned his head and replied, "I know him. He is the godson of the Wei Dynasty, but he is just a low-level eunuch who swept the floor in the imperial grandson's palace. Yongwazi, how do you know him?"
From the bottom of his heart, he liked this handsome, gentle and polite child, so he intimately called him Yongwazi. However, Cao Huachun never dreamed that he was bringing the wolf into the house and introducing a ungrateful wolf who would later harm King Xin. You must know that King Xin was the one who grew up with his own eyes. His relationship with King Xin was not only a slave and a master, but also a child of a father.
"I just heard from my eldest brother that he had a distant cousin who came to the palace to be a father-in-law, and it seemed that he was called Li Jinzhong." Zhang Yong had already considered how to answer this question, and he answered without thinking. In fact, what he said was true. Gao Shixin did have a distant cousin who changed his mother's surname and changed his surname to Li, and became a father-in-law in the palace. Perhaps it was Li Jinzhong.
Cao Huachun smiled and said, "Yongwazi, if you want to go to the palace to be a father-in-law, what can he do to find your uncle Gao? He is fifty-one years old and is still a little eunuch who swept the floor. What future can you have if you follow him? Let's do this, I recommend you to the palace and then recommend you to the prince (Wang An). If you follow the prince, you will surely make a fortune in the future."
Wow! Following Wang An is a dead end! Although Wang An is now the eunuch of the Crown Prince Zhu Changluo, he will definitely be in charge of the Silijian in the future. However, Zhang Yong knew that after Wanli's death, Zhu Changluo ascended the throne, which was Emperor Taichang. However, this Emperor Taichang had only been the emperor for a month and kicked his legs. Then Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, and then Li Jinzhong became Wei Zhongxian. Then Wang An was harmed by Wei Zhongxian and Kebaba. Cao Huachun also became unlucky and was expelled from Beijing and sent to Nanjing to stay in charge.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yong hurriedly said, "Thank you, Eunuch Cao, but my parents died since childhood. My eldest brother and his family are my relatives. His uncle is also my uncle. I must respect him. I cannot neglect my relatives for the sake of my success."
This Yongwazi is kind-hearted, nice, filial, and a good child. Cao Huachun said in his heart, thinking of this, he said, "Yongwazi, I will push you to Eunuch Wang, it will not affect your filial piety to Eunuch Li. This way, after returning to Beijing, you can go to the palace with me first."
"Thank you, Eunuch Cao, it's better to obey your orders than respect. I will go to the palace with you after I go back." Zhang Yong hurriedly thanked.
After passing Shanhaiguan, I walked for another ten days and finally arrived in the capital.
Zhang Yong studied in the capital in his previous life. He was familiar with every street and alley when he closed his eyes. However, this was the first time he saw what the capital looked like in this time.
Entering the capital from Chaoyangmen, a straight Chaoyangmen Street leads directly to the direction of the imperial city, but Chaoyangmen Street is not the imperial city, and the section close to the imperial city is called Shuangdian Street, and Shuangdian Street does not directly lead to the east gate of the imperial city. In the end, it is Baodafang outside the imperial city that blocks the way to the imperial city. The famous East Factory is in Baodafang.
The East Factory faces each other with the Silijian wall, and there is a royal city wall inside.
When the system brought Zhang Yong to the Ming Dynasty, the map of the Ming Dynasty's capital was also input into his mind. As soon as he entered the Chaoyang Gate, he could imagine the floor plan of the capital.
There are many grain shops on both sides of Chaoyangmen Street, because there are two new and old taicangs and sea transport warehouses on the north side of Chaoyangmen Street, and the Lumi Warehouses on the south side. These are granaries for storing official grains. The grain transported from the south through the canal transport is all in Chaoyangmen. Official grains enter the official warehouses, and private grains are also in here and sent to various grain stores for sale. In fact, there are many official grains for sale in those grain stores. In fact, these grain stores in the capital have backstages, so the people behind the scenes are naturally those imperial officials.
"The shops that can be opened in the inner city are all in the court. Our Jinyiwei looks glamorous, and there are rumors among the people that our Jinyiwei bullies men and women and levies heavy taxes. But in this inner city, we dare not even collect the silver from those shops, and live like a grandson!" Xu Xianchun said angrily, "Most of the grain stores here are more or less related to Li Sancai!"
When Zhang Yong heard Xu Xianchun talk about the name Li Sancai, he had an impression in his mind: "This old thief is the Donglin Party! He was the right assistant censor in charge of the grain transportation and governor of Fengyang's prefectures. During his tenure as an official, he won a lot of benefits! Such an old thief would not be unfair if he cut him into pieces!"
Xu Xianchun said angrily: "This thief is also killing the mining supervisor and the Jinyiwei in the Lianghuai area! Even the emperor has no choice but to deal with him!"
Zhang Yong recalled the historical knowledge stored in his mind. He remembered that the reason why Li Sancai was so bold was that he arranged a close network of relations in the Huaihe area during the operation of the canal transportation. In order to increase his fiscal revenue, Emperor Wanli sent tax envoys and mining supervisors, but was accused by the Donglin Party of China for levying heavy taxes and competing for profit with the people.
In order to fight against the mining supervision and tax envoys, the Donglin Party created the civil unrest in Suzhou in Jiangnan. Huguang and other places, and there were also many civil unrest incitement by local people under the gentry, killing the mining supervision and tax supervision, and even attacking the Jinyiwei Hundred Houses and killing the Jinyiwei.
Li Sancai was the most overwhelming. He arrested a large number of subordinates of the mining supervision and tax supervisors in Lianghuai, and secretly ordered prisoners who committed the death penalty to refer to them as their accomplices, and killed all the people like the Jinyi Guards who were responsible for the mining supervision and tax supervisors. This incident was called the Donglin Party as the righteous and suppressed the minions of the mining supervision and tax supervisors who wanted to commit crimes.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yong said angrily: "But if the court cannot collect taxes, who will support the army? Who will come out of the army's weapons and equipment? Will those civil servants and gentry donate silver? Bah!"
Walk to the end of Shuangdian Street, walk south along Ding'anmen Street, turn west to Chang'an Street, and then you can reach Chengtian Gate. And to the west outside Chengtian Gate is the Jinyiwei.
Xu Xianchun took Zhang Yong to the Jinyiwei first and changed his clothes for him, so Zhang Yong followed Cao Huachun into the palace.
"Yongwazi, today I will take you to the imperial city and take you to the Silijian to find the prince and ask for your identity. In the future, you will be a person in the palace." Cao Huachun said.
Zhang Yong was a playboy in his previous life and had changed girlfriends a lot. Unexpectedly, he had just traveled to the Ming Dynasty and wanted to be a eunuch! There was no way. After hitting that arrow on the battlefield, he would not enter the palace to be a eunuch. Could he be a Wuming Bai who was wandering on the streets? Although Xu Xianchun could take care of him and let him be a Jinyi Guard Guard first, and then go to Dongchang to be a fan, that was not Zhang Yong's goal. He wanted to enter the palace and take advantage of the time when he was in a downturn, he would first recognize his godfather and then help Eunuch Wei.
Chapter completed!